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Part 7 - How to cite IPBES assessment reports

Prepared by Joy Kumagai - Technical Support Unit of Knowledge and Data

Reviewed by Aidin Niamir - Head of the Technical Support Unit (TSU) of Knowledge and Data

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Version: 1.0
Last Updated: January 26th 2021

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5783348

This technical guideline is a resource for everyone to cite previous IPBES assessments starting with the IPBES Global Assessment. BibTeX and RIS files are available to download beneath each citation. Assessments approved at each future Plenary session will be added to the list. Suggested citations are created by the assessments.

I. Global Assessment

Overall Global Assessment

Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831673

IPBES (2019): Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. E. S. Brondizio, J. Settele, S. Díaz, and H. T. Ngo (editors). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 1148 pages. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831673

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Summary for Policy Makers

Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3553458

IPBES (2019): Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. S. Díaz, J. Settele, E. S. Brondízio, H. T. Ngo, M. Guèze, J. Agard, A. Arneth, P. Balvanera, K. A. Brauman, S. H. M. Butchart, K. M. A. Chan, L. A. Garibaldi, K. Ichii, J. Liu, S. M. Subramanian, G. F. Midgley, P. Miloslavich, Z. Molnár, D. Obura, A. Pfaff, S. Polasky, A. Purvis, J. Razzaque, B. Reyers, R. Roy Chowdhury, Y. J. Shin, I. J. Visseren-Hamakers, K. J. Willis, and C. N. Zayas (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 56 pages. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3553579

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Assessing a planet in transformation: Rationale and approach of the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831852

Brondízio, E. S., Díaz, S., Settele, J., Ngo, H. T., Guèze, M., Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y., Bai, X., Geschke, A., Molnár, Z., Niamir, A., Pascual, U., Simcock, A. and Jaureguiberry, P. (2019) Chapter 1: Assessing a planet in transformation: Rationale and approach of the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 48 pages DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3831852

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Chapter 2.1

Chapter 2.1. Status and Trends – Drivers of Change
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831881

Balvanera, P., Pfaff, A., Viña, A., García-Frapolli, E., Merino, L., Minang, P. A., Nagabhatla, N., Hussain, S. A. and Sidorovich, A. (2019) Chapter 2.1. Status and Trends – Drivers of Change. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 152 pages DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3831881

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Chapter 2.2

Chapter 2.2. Status and Trends – Nature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832005

Purvis, A., Molnar, Z., Obura, D., Ichii, K., Willis, K., Chettri, N., Dulloo, E., Hendry, A., Gabrielyan, B., Gutt, J., Jacob, U., Keskin, E., Niamir, A., Öztürk, B., Salimov, R. and Jaureguiberry, P. (2019) Chapter 2.2. Status and Trends – Nature. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 108 pages DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3832005

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Chapter 2.3

Chapter 2.3. Status and Trends – Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832035

Brauman, K. A., Garibaldi, L. A., Polasky, S., Zayas, C., Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y., Brancalion, P., DeClerck, F., Mastrangelo, M., Nkongolo, N., Palang, H., Shannon, L., Shrestha, U. B. and Verma, M. (2019) Chapter 2.3. Status and Trends – Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP). In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 76 pages DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3832035

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Chapter 3

Chapter 3. Assessing progress towards meeting major international objectives related to nature and nature’s contributions to people
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832052

Butchart, S. H. M., Miloslavich, P., Reyers, B., Subramanian, S. M., Adams, C., Bennett, E., Czúcz, B., Galetto, L., Galvin, K., Reyes-García, V., Gerber, L. R., Bekele, T., Jetz, W., Kosamu, I. B. M., Palomo, M. G., Panahi, M., Selig, E. R., Singh, G. S., Tarkhnishvili, D., Xu, H., Lynch, A. J., Mwampamba, T. H. and Samakov, A. (2019) Chapter 3. Assessing progress towards meeting major international objectives related to nature and nature’s contributions to people. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 214 pages DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3832053

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Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Plausible futures of nature, its contributions to people and their good quality of life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832073

Shin, Y. J., Arneth, A., Roy Chowdhury, R., Midgley, G. F., Leadley, P., Agyeman Boafo, Y., Basher, Z., Bukvareva, E., Heinimann, A., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Kindlmann, P., Kolb, M., Krenova, Z., Oberdorff, T., Osano, P., Palomo, I., Pichs Madruga, R., Pliscoff, P., Rondinini, C., Saito, O., Sathyapalan, J. and Yue, T. (2019) Chapter 4: Plausible futures of nature, its contributions to people and their good quality of life. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 168 pages DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3832074

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Chapter 5

Chapter 5.Pathways towards a Sustainable Future
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832099

Chan, K. M. A., Agard, J., Liu, J., Aguiar, A. P. D., Armenteras, D., Boedhihartono, A. K., Cheung, W. W. L., Hashimoto, S., Pedraza, G. C. H., Hickler, T., Jetzkowitz, J., Kok, M., Murray-Hudson, M., O’Farrell, P., Satterfield, T., Saysel, A. K., Seppelt, R., Strassburg, B., Xue, D., Selomane, O., Balint, L., and A. Mohamed. (2019) Chapter 5. Pathways towards a Sustainable Future. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 108 pages DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3832099

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Chapter 6

Chapter 6.Options for Decision Makers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3832107

Razzaque, J., Visseren-Hamakers, I. J., McElwee, P., Rusch, G. M., Kelemen, E., Turnhout, E., Williams, M. J., Gautam, A. P., Fernandez-Llamazares, A., Chan, I., Gerber, L. R., Islar, M., Karim, S., Lim, M., Liu, J., Lui, G., Mohammed, A., Mungatana, E. and Muradian R. (2019) Chapter 6. Options for Decision Makers. In: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Brondízio, E. S., Settele, J., Díaz, S., Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 154 pages DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3832107

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